Tasmanian Times
Philosophy
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973Advocating for the jobless …
Advocating for the jobless. The Burnie daily, The Advocate, has launched a campaign to find and fill $25 million worth of jobs...
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Julia Gillard: losing power ‘hits you like a fist’
Former prime minister reveals grief, pain and regret over losing power, and issues fierce defence of her time in office in article...
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The Nature of Death
The last time I stood waiting to board the ferry to Maria Island, I was next to my best friend Leon. Two...
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Bicycles helping save the State millions
Report finds that for each person who rides as little as 20 minutes to work and back are benefiting the Tasmanian economy...
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Reason and unreason on same-sex marriage
On September 19th, the day on which the same-sex marriage bill failed in the federal Parliament, Liberal front bencher Cory Bernardi was...
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When will the mythologies stop? The Final Speech of Judy Moylan
… I should like to close this farewell speech on an interrogative note. As one leaves the stage of active intervention, there...
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Fear and Freedom
Philosopher Søren Kierkegaard was born 200 years ago this month. An object of ridicule in his home town of Copenhagen, Kierkegaard became...
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How to be happy … with less
THE Hellenistic age, usually dated from the death of Alexander the Great in 323BC to the consolidation of Rome after the battle...
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Tipping Point … ?
Thank you to the Griffith Review for selecting “Tasmania: The Tipping Point?” as the topic for their most recent edition. All debate...
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Democratic hemlock: saving earth from our animal selves
“What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster, what chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy. Judge of...
